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dummies .com. For Dummies is an extensive series of instructional reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous languages. The books are an example of a media franchise, consistently sporting a distinctive ...
Complete Idiot's Guides. The Complete Idiot's Guides (" The Idiot's Guide to ..." series) is a product line of how-to and other reference books published by Dorling Kindersley (DK). The books in this series provide a basic understanding of a complex and popular topics. The term "idiot" is used as hyperbole, to reassure readers that the guides ...
Very Short Introductions ( VSI) is a book series published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts. Most are under 200 pages long. While authors may present personal viewpoints, the books are meant to be "balanced and complete" as ...
Bocce ball rules are simple, and it doesn’t take any great strength or stamina to toss those cute little balls. After you trick out the backyard with a nice bocce set , it’s an absolutely free ...
John Gillingham, Ralph A. Griffiths. 10 August 2000. Chapters from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984. History – U.K. 020. The Tudors. John Guy. 10 August 2000. 29 August 2013 (2nd ed.)
Bocce (/ ˈ b ɒ tʃ i /, [1] [2] or / ˈ b ɒ tʃ eɪ /, [3] Italian:), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, [4] bocci, [5] or boccie, [1] is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy , it is closely related to British bowls and French pétanque , with a common ancestry from ancient games played in ...
Head First. (book series) Head First is a series of introductory instructional books to many topics, published by O'Reilly Media. It stresses an unorthodox, visually intensive, reader-involving combination of puzzles, jokes, nonstandard design and layout, and an engaging, conversational style to immerse the reader in a given topic.
Eyewitness Books (called Eyewitness Guides in the UK) is a series of educational nonfiction books. They were first published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. The series now has over 160 titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and William Shakespeare.